Display rack



'Feb. 23 1926. 1,574,371 E. c. CUSHING DISPLAY RACK I Filed Maya, 1925 2Sheet-Sheet 1 Feb. '23 19260 E. c. cuss- MG DISPLAY RACK Filed May 2,1925 2 she etsfiheet 2 Patented Feb. 23, 192$.

UNITED STATES EMILY C. CUSHING, OF DENVER, COLORADO.

DISPLAY RACK.

Application filed May 2, 1925. Serial No. 27,539.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, Mrs. EMILY C. CUsH- ING, a citizen of the UnitedStates, residing at Denver, 1n the county of Denver and State ofColorado, have invented a new and useful Display Rack, of which thefollowing is a specification.

This invention relates to display racks of the revoluble type. I

The object of the invention is to provide a simple and efficient deviceof this character constructed to effectively display cards, merchandiseand the like and which is revoluble to exhibit all sides by turning therack around.

Another object of the invention is to construct a rack of this characterwhich is simple, strong and durable and which is readily portable fromone place to another.

With the foregoing and other objects in View which will appear as thedescription proceeds, the invention resides in the combination andarrangement of parts and in the details of construction hereinafter described and claimed, it being understood that changesin the preciseembodiment of the invention herein disclosedmay be made within the scopeof what is claimed without departing from the spirit of the invention.

In the accompanying drawings:

Figure 1 represents a top plan. view of rack constructed in accordancewith this invention; V V

Fig. 2 is a horizontal section with parts broken out;

Fig. 3 is a front elevation; and

Fig. 4 is a detailed vertical section taken on the line 4.4 of Fig. 3.

In the embodiment illustrated, the.rack constituting this invention isshown mounted on a base 1 composed of any suitable material, preferablyof wood and to the upper face of which is secured a metal plate 2 havinga post 3 rising therefrom and equi ped with a socket t to receive ashaft 5 w ich is fixedly mounted in said socket and on which the displayrack or cage 10 is revolubly mounted.

This display rack or cage 10 is composed preferably of wire of differentsizes bent to form the various elements of the cage which includerectangular upper and lower members 11 and 12 to which are securedrespectively spiders 13 and 14 each constructed exactly alike and eachcomposed of metal plates or strips 15 which intersect each other midwaytheir length forming across with their ends rolled to form hearings orgrip-- ping elements for connection with themeut bers 11 and 12.

caries.

These spiders 13 and 14 have openings at the points of intersection ofthe plates 15 for the passage therethrough of the shaft 5. The upper endof the shaft has a collar 6 arranged below the spider 18 and a head 7arranged above it so that the cage is supported on the upper end ofthe'post 3 i d between the collar 6 andihead 'Z. Rods 17 rise from thecorners of the member 12 and areconnected at their upper ends to.thecorners of member 11, these rods 17 are preferably so connected bybending their ends to form eyes 18 which are soldered to the members 11and 12 to form a rigid connection at these points.

Four card supporting members are carried by the four faces ofthe frameor cage and are constructed exactly alike so that one only will bedescribed in detail.

Each of these holders or supports con 1- prises an upper crossbar 19 anda lower cross bar 20 formedof wire of smaller gage than the top andbottom members 11 and 12 and which are provided at their ends withinwardly extending loops 21 which are hooked around the rod. 17 at thecorners of the frame and preferably soldered there to. These cross barsare arranged in a plane within that occupied by the members of the topand bottom portions of the frame. These loops 21 at the ends of bars 19and 20 are connected at their free ends by upstanding rods 22. The loopsof the respective united at its ends by soldering or otherwise and fromthe center of the cross bars extend rods 23 having their ends bent toform eyes which engage the cross bars at the top of the frame and whichare arranged in a plane spaced inwardly from that occupied by the rod 22and form supports for the back of the cards to be exhibited.

The loops 21 of one of the card supporting members extend in onedirection while those of the adjacent side extend in the oppositedirection and overlie each other, be-

ing preferably soldered to the rod 17.

parallel with their respective rods and form a with said rods guides forthe side edges or ends of the cards to be exhibited. To support thebottom edges of the' cards to be exhibited are supports 24 one carriedby each of the bottom men'ibers and formed of a piece of wire havinglaterally extended ends 25 bent midnwiy their length to form loops 26which extend around the side bars of the bottom member 12 and havethelrterminals equipped with eyes 27 engaged with the bar or rod 20 one beinglocated at one side of the centrally disposed rod 23' and one at theother as is shown clearlyin Fig.

l handle 28 is secured to the upper portion of the frame and extendsupwardly therefroni being preferably composed of a piece of heavy wirebent to form a centrally disposed coil 29 with the ends or arms 30 ithereof extending downwardly and equipped at their terminal with eyes 31which engage the side members of the top frame 11 at the points ofconnection of the spider arms therewith, said eyes being preferablysoldered at this point to render the handle rigid.

The coil 29 may also be used to support cards to be displayed which maybe inserted between the members of the coil so that this handle 28 willperform a double function.

From the above description it'will be obvious that the cards to besupported which may or may not have mechandise attached to them areinserted between the rods'22 and 23 with the side edges of the cardslocated under rods 22 and their ends, inserted between the loops 21 andthe rods 19 and 2-0, their lower edges being supported in the pocketsformed by the members 2 1-.

These racks may be readily transported from place to place owing totheir light construction and the ready means for handling them.

I claim 11,. In a display rack, a siiipporting base, a skeleton framemounted to revolve on said base, card supporting memberscarried by saidframe and comprising upright laterally spaced guides with a seat at thebottom, said guides being composed of upper and lower cross bars formedof wire arranged in a plane within that occupied by the memframerevolves card su 3 a'ortin members carried by said frame and eachcomposed of an upper and a lower cross bar having loops engaged withmembers of the frame at the corners thereof, said cross bars beingarranged in a plane within that occupied by the members of the frame.

In testimony that I claim the foregoing as my own, I have heretovaffixed my signature. V

' EMILY e. oUsrnNe.

